Giveaway to celebrate 20,000 in a month

OK ladies and gents... in the month of April we had almost 20,000 hits!! 19,979 to be exact, but seriously close! How crazy is that!!! To celebrate this I think it's about time for another giveaway! Actually there will be TWO giveaways coming up in the near future!

I'm all about helping spread the word when I find a handmade product that I love, especially when the person selling said product is wicked nice! With all these hits, what better way to help them spread the word! And in return, you loyal readers get some booty! Seriously thank you guys for coming and reading and commenting!! I LOVE IT!

Let me introduce you to Anne of Gardanne. She lives here in Rochester NY and designs and makes glass beads.

After making all of these beautiful beads she decided to start creating jewelry with them!

You can take a look at more of her beautiful necklaces earrings and bracelets at her other etsy shop here. I purchased a pair of her earrings a few months ago and LOVE wearing them!! They are such a great statement and I'm always getting compliments on them. Check them out:

Here is the best part! Anne has graciously agreed to give away a pair of earring to you dear readers!! Here is a sneak peak:

I totally want to go use my cool old cookbooks as jewelery holders now!!

These glass beads are handmade (by Anne!), they have glass enamel, and real gold foil and silver on them. The beads are a half inch in diameter and from the top of the ear wire they are 1 3/4 inches long. All of the finding used in these earrings are sterling silver.

Anne doesn't mess around, these are 100% handmade, no parts from the jewelry aisle at Micheal's Crafts.... these things are the real deal!

The winner will be chosen using random.com OH and good news all of my international readers, you are included too!!! So everyone can try and win!

There are a bunch of ways to enter (the more entries you have the better your chances of winning... but you already knew that), here is how to enter:

Become a follower of this blog (it's in the left hand column) and then comment to let me know you did (if you already follow me just comment saying you already do)

Become a follower on Anne's blog (it's in the right hand column) then comment back here to let me know you did (if you already follow just comment saying you already follow her)

FYI on the following since multiple people have asked. It's different then having the blog in your google reader, you can find the link on the left column under the Dancing Flamingos Ad :)

You can comment up to three times if you do all of the above things. If you only want to do one of the above and leave it at that, no worries that's fine too!

You have until midnight EST on Friday June 5th to do any of the above and comment to let me know (think I said that enough). Good luck!!

I'm out of town next week traveling to DC to visit my family but I'll be back next weekend just in time to pick the winner and let you know first thing Monday the 8th! So check on back to see who the winner is, and then stay tuned for ANOTHER giveaway!!

Depending on my access to a computer I will hopefully still be updating with posts next week about all the yum chow in DC John and I are enjoying!

Almost 20,000 hits? That is amazing, congrats! Let us know how many you get for May ok?I really like all the pieces in her shop, but I have to say my favorites are the earrings you are giving away. Does that count? They look like little earths and I really love them! What talent

My fav from Gardanne? Close call between Freaky Streaky Lentils and Jeans and a T-shirt. Decisions, decisions. The beads on Jeans and a T-shirt are so wonderfully organic, I'm choosing them for my (current) favorite at gardanne.etsy.com :-)

Disclaimer

So this is the spot where I tell you that you are a big boy or girl and make food choices for yourself. I'm not a dietitian... nor do I play one on TV! I do this for fun and for the sake of sharing and meeting new people. If you don't agree with what I cook or the ingredients I use that is 100% ok, please just don't harass me with insults about why I choose to eat the way I do :) thank you!

Questions? Comments? Arguments?

I'm always happy to answer any questions you have! I may not know the answer... but I'll give it a good go! You can email me at stephchows (at) gmail (dot) com